Hi Robin, thanks for the explanation. If that's a rule it's not applied very consistently then: see python-black, python-pip and plenty of other packages in the arch main repo that also have an executable in bin. I'll work things out with @Xeonacid. I see he added me as a co-maintainer, thanks. Guillaume On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM Robin Candau <antiz@archlinux.org> wrote:
Hello Guillaume,
The `python-` prefix is reserved for packages that (only) provide python libraries / modules. The docformatter package provides `/usr/bin/docformatter` which can be used as-is. The sole reason that it is a program developed in python or that it should be used in a python ecosystem doesn't justify the `python-` prefix on its own. The merge / rename is appropriate here.
As for packages that depend on `python-docformatter`, there shouldn't be any breakages as the docformatter PKGBUILD provides it [1] (and has been since its first commit). So no issue there as well.
However, I admit the lack of upfront notice to the original maintainer and the "hostile takeover" is unexpected and unappreciated. I am sincerely sorry that I missed that when accepting the merge request.
@Xeonacid May I ask you to sort such things out in collaboration with the original maintainer next time? Submitting a new package and filling a merge request like this without any upfront notice isn't nice, indeed. Can you please discuss with Guillaume and find a solution that would fit all parties (e.g. co-maintenance or something)?
Thanks in advance :)
[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=docformatter#n13
-- Regards, Robin Candau / Antiz
On 2/11/25 3:22 AM, Guillaume Horel wrote:
Can this merge be reconsidered? The right name should be python- docformatter. This is a python package to format python docstrings, it clearly belongs to the python ecosystem, like python-black for instance. In any case, if there is a disagreement on the name, giving some notice to the original maintainer would be good form. And changing the name without notifying/updating the other packages that depend on it just creates breakage for no benefit.
On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM Guillaume Horel <guillaume.horel@gmail.com <mailto:guillaume.horel@gmail.com>> wrote:
Can this merge be reverted? The python-docformatter name was perfectly legitimate. In addition, nobody contacted me to suggest a name change. User creates a new package with no dependency, asks for a merge on the same day and this is accepted. This is just package stealing, and it breaks another package on purpose.
On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM <notify@aur.archlinux.org <mailto:notify@aur.archlinux.org>> wrote:
Request #68754 has been Accepted by Antiz [1]:
[Autogenerated] Accepted merge for python-docformatter into docformatter.
[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/Antiz/ <https:// aur.archlinux.org/account/Antiz/>